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Thursday, September 20, 2012

I Am Collingswood

I Am Collingswood: Sarah Mello

Meet Sarah: a training manager, graduate student, purple belt in karate—and, most importantly, mom to 10-year-old Charlie.

Collingswood transplant Sarah Mello has a lot to juggle: a full-time job at the nonprofit mental health agency Resources for Human Development, master's degree classes at Capella University, karate, volunteering and raising her 10-year-old son Charlie by herself. How is she able to do it all? With the support of a great community. Patch: How long have you lived in Collingswood? Mello: I've been in Collingswood for six years. We moved from Seattle. I had taken a job in Moorestown and I didn't know anything about Jersey at all. I was doing all my research about the area online. Somebody from the company that I had been hired to work for said, “Collingswood is this up-and-coming place. You should check it out.” From 3,000 miles away I was …

M. Izzo

9:38 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012

Sarah sounds like an amazing woman. Doing everything right.   more ›

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